That's politics. After six o'clock, we can be friends, but before six, it's politics.

You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.

I am the Democratic Whip of the White House.

All politics is local.

Would you dare to walk with the beast on the dark side of the moon?

Who cares about a test? There will be a million more quizzed in your life.

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.

Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.

Anything, everything, can be learned if you can just get yourself in a little patch of real ground, real nature, real wood, real anything ? and just sit still and watch.

I have no sponsors because I am not blond, tall and slim enough

I just feel like there hasn't been enough time away from all this other stuff and into this new world or sort of big world that it hasn't worn off yet.